As BMW was announcing an acceleration of its electrification plans, a senior BMW executive told an audience that there’s no demand for all-electric cars.
He is wrong.
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BMW made a number of electric vehicle announcements on Tuesday as the carmaker looks to accelerate its EV plans. But those plans still don’t involve making their own batteries, much to the chagrin of German government officials.
BMW has introduced a few new digital features for its plug-in hybrids that aim to encourage — and even incentivize — electric driving on the vehicles. The technology could have big implications as the world shifts away from fossil fuel vehicles.
At its ‘NEXTGen’ event in Munich today, BMW announced the acceleration of its electrification plans and unveiled a series of EV concepts including the ‘BMW Vision M NEXT’.
The vehicle looks like a next-gen BMW i8 sports car.
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BMW debuted its ‘Power BEV’ concept vehicle at the company’s NEXTGen event today — a 720-hp trial vehicle that’s designed to push technical limits with three ultra-powerful electric drive units.
BMW Motorrad has pulled the cover off their latest two-wheeled vehicle today. The company showcased their latest electric motorcycle concept, known as the BMW Motorrad Vision DC Roadster.
BMW announced today that it is accelerating its electric car plans by two years as it unveils new electric vehicle concepts – showcasing its latest EV technology.
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Film composer Hans Zimmer, famous for his work on Inception, The Dark Knight Trilogy, The Lion King and more, has been tabbed by BMW to develop drive sounds for the carmaker’s future electric vehicles.
BMW is preparing to launch the Mini Electric next month and ahead of the unveiling of the production version, the automaker is teasing the new all-electric vehicle and opening orders in some markets.
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BMW and Jaguar Land Rover are announcing today that they are partnering on electric cars and will work together to develop the next-generation of electric powertrains.
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It’s been ten years since the original MINI E hit the road in limited numbers, and BMW is ramping towards production of a new model slated to be released next year. This weekend we saw a short video of the MINI Electric‘s production line, showing that the car seems to be pretty far along and just about ready for prime time.
Tesla’s electric vehicle lead is worrisome to some competitors and laughable to others, but BMW shareholders are now putting some pressure on the automaker.
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BMW is leaning toward making its next-generation i8 sports car an all-electric model, according to a new report.
BMW reiterated today its commitment to e-mobility and its goal to “ensure we have a world worth living in for our children,“ but the automaker’s plan is still mainly focused around plug-in hybrids.
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We have often complained about BMW taking its sweet time to release its second electric vehicle since the BMW i3 back in 2013, but the German automaker is now bringing to market 3 all-electric vehicle programs at the same and today it revealed the latest prototypes in winter testing.
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BMW and Daimler, Mercedes-Benz’s parent company, have announced a new partnership to work together on the development of next-gen autonomous vehicles.
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BMW and Daimler, two of the biggest German automakers, are partnering and investing $1 billion into an effort to create all-electric on-demand autonomous mobility.
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BMW says that it is hiring 2,000 more people at its Dingolfing factory for jobs in electrification in a push to ’emerge winner’ in the auto industry’s transition to electric and autonomous vehicles.
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The BMW i8 has been some kind of a black sheep in the German automaker ‘i’ brand. When BMW launched the i3, we thought that they would make ‘BMW i’ an all-electric brand, but they instead followed up with the BMW i8 as a plug-in hybrid.
It was disappointing, but to be fair to BMW, it is still the “most electric” roadster/coupé on the market years later and they give it an upgrade this year with a little more battery capacity and a convertible version.
So we decided to give it a shot. Here’s our review:
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Almost a decade after the introduction of the BMW i3, the German automaker is expected to bring to production the new BMW i4 electric car. It is now starting a $225 million investment at its Munich factory to produce the vehicle.
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With a few recent supply agreements, BMW is somehow emerging as sort of an electric powertrain supplier.
The German automaker has now confirmed a deal with Turkish manufacturer Karsan to launch a new electric bus powered by a BMW i3 electric powertrain.
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Tesla’s stock (TSLA) is surging since announcing record profits and the company is now worth more than BMW as the stock of the latter is slipping following disappointing financial results.
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BMW is taking its time to launch its next all-electric vehicle after the BMW i3, which was launched back in 2013, but they now say that they are ready to roll out more EVs.
CEO Harald Krüger laid out the group’s electric vehicle plan in a speech in Munich on Wednesday.
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Over the next year, Mini will bring its first all-electric vehicle to production in England.
BMW says that it is now investing millions in battery pack production in Germany in order to support the new Mini electric production.
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